KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros starters Scott Feldman and Brad Peacock were both able to get their work in Thursday in a morning “B” game. The regular game, an afternoon start against the Mets, was rained out. “I figured if it was too rainy we would probably just move into the cage, maybe move in a […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros catchers gathered for a cookout on Wednesday at the spring home of one of their instructors, Jeff Murphy. They didn’t have to go far. Murphy’s spring training home is a 38-foot trailer he drove to Florida from his Missouri home. He has it parked in an area for campers on the […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Barely a half hour after Thursday afternoon’s Astros-Mets game was rained out, manager Bo Porter walked out of his office to find food and came across bench coach Dave Trembley. “You were the man today,” Porter said, putting his arm around his bench coach. For the second straight year, Trembley, 62, is […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Astros’ exhibition game with the Mets was postponed today because of rain. No makeup plans were announced. The Mets came over for a B game in the morning in which Scott Feldman started for the Astros and Logan Verrett pitched for New York. That game was played in a light rain, […]
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Umpires and managers both have adjusting to do to new replay rules. While there was no replay set up for the Astros in Wednesday’s game — their first of five spring games with replay is scheduled for Saturday against the Yankees — Bo Porter did go out for clarification early Wednesday. He talked with umpires […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros pitcher Lucas Harrell said he has one hit off Max Scherzer lifetime. They were about 12 years old, playing youth baseball. Even then, Scherzer’s fastball would just pop differently than everyone else’s. “From a young age, I remember when were 12, the first time I ever faced him hitting, he was […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros center fielder Dexter Fowler was scratched from Wednesday’s game against the Tigers because of neck stiffness. The team said it was a precautionary measure. “I’m fine, I’m fine,” Fowler said. “I slept on it wrong. You ever gone to sleep and you forgot you went to sleep? Or you didn’t realize […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Brad Ausmus’ first visit back to Astros spring training technically came on Feb. 21, when he and other managers convened at Osceola County Stadium for a meeting with MLB to discuss rule changes. But Wednesday marked his first trip to his old complex in a Tigers uniform, as a first-year major league […]
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Japhet Amador’s first Grapefruit League game is expected on Saturday, Astros manager Bo Porter said Wednesday. The Mexican first baseman arrived to camp late, so the Astros wanted to make sure he had his feet under him first. He’ll play in a “B” game before Saturday’s planned debut. The Astros have a split […]
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Brett Oberholtzer is the one lefthander that can be somewhat safely projected to be a part of the Astros’ rotation. Beyond that, it seems possible the Astros could break camp with four other starting pitchers who are right-handed. There’s no rule that says a team needs more than one lefty […]
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